Saturday night in Las Vegas. Brad, Barb, and Audrey crew for Bonnie Busch |
Mary Gorski on crew for Nikki Seger |
intelligent Mary Gorski |
Jay and Cory are on race staff this year |
Larry Ham is on my crew |
Nikki Seger will run the race |
Cory & Nikki. |
Nikki opens a beer without an opener |
Cory sexy at the pool side |
Pool side tradition: Lisa chooses a cigar |
me & Nikki and cigars |
poolside |
Brian takes it off |
poolside |
Nikki & me |
befuddled after our water is stolen from the hotel freezer |
response |
Leigh on crew for Lisa Smith-Batchen. Check out that fresh Western States buckle! |
Leigh, Larry, Dave B, Dori, and me |
Kari, Jet and Denise Jones |
baby Jet & Shannon Farar-Greiffer |
baby Jet |
Shannon, Lisa Smith-Batchen and Jet at the pre-race meeting |
Jamie Huneycutt from Arkansas will run the race |
Jay gets a shirt for Scott Weber |
Jay |
Cory |
Ruben |
Jack Denness & Mags |
Tim Kjenstad's crew vehical |
Tim Kj's truck |
wrapped in Bliss |
applying the signs |
#39 |
Tom paces |
Art Webb |
Dave Heckman buys a "big" umbrella |
Ben & Denis Jones are inducted into the Badwater Hall of Fame |
runners on stage |
Vanessa & Heck-a-rad |
Glenn Tachiyama |
me & Scott Jacaway before the 10 am start |
the morning after my race on headed up Mt. Whitney to cheer in Nikki her last few miles |
post-race pizza party |
Staff: Scott, Cory, Jay, Ruben, Anna, Mike |
me & Jamie post-race |
Dave, Vanessa, Larry, Dori, Dave (Glenn left earlier in the day for home) |
Tracy Thomas - 3rd place |
Marshall Ulrich |
Marshall & Frank McKinney |
Spokanites Dave Remington (buckler) and me |
Nikki |
Nikki got the Coleman red lantern award for last woman to cross the line |
awards line |
called to the front for an acceptance speech: Chris Kostman, me, interpreter, Valmir Nunes |
Valmir from Brazil smashed the course record with 22:51:29! |
Mario |
speech |
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speech |
Valmir & his crew. Valmir gets emotional. |
Kiehl's presents their award |
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Humbled to stand with ultra giant Valmir Nunes |
Valmir, Art Webb |
Valmir, Art Webb |
Jamie Donaldson is a true champ for sticking out her race. I am overwhelmingly impressed |
I am a baby! |
deeper than they look! |
Race Director Chris Kostman |
Jay & Cory |
Lisa sandwich |
Cory offers a piggy-back ride |
I accept |
Nikki's heel |
note the beer , which helps the heel! |
post-race pool side cigars |
Jay |
Nikki |
stimulated by the choices |
smoking section |
rings |
"bookend" friends: both of us won Coleman lanterns for 1st & last women |
Mary |
Mary (doesn't really) smokes |
Heck-a-rad!! |
Bonnie ran a great race! |
Larry |
nice ash |
Dave & Scot Vanessa |
happy boy |
Brian Kuhn |
buckled |
Bursler |
celebrating with shots in the car back to Vegas |
my crew won't let me carry anything. |
right > left swelling |
The Coleman gold lantern award for first place woman |
Finisher's medal and sub-48 hour buckle |
banner at work when I got back |